§ 56-7-1501 Definitions
§ 56-7-1502 Applicability
§ 56-7-1503 Contents of policies and certificates – Duplicate benefits – Preexisting conditions – Rules and regulations
§ 56-7-1504 Benefits – Minimum standards
§ 56-7-1505 Disclosure – Outline of coverage – Consumer information
§ 56-7-1506 Notice – Right to return – Refunds
§ 56-7-1507 Review of advertisements
§ 56-7-1508 Regulations subject to Administrative Procedures Act
§ 56-7-1509 Violations of part – Powers to compel compliance

Terms Used In Tennessee Code > Title 56 > Chapter 7 > Part 15 - Medicare Supplement Policies

  • Applicant: means :
    (A) In the case of an individual medicare supplement policy, the person who seeks to contract for insurance benefits. See Tennessee Code 56-7-1501
  • Certificate: means , any certificate delivered or issued for delivery in this state under a group medicare supplement policy. See Tennessee Code 56-7-1501
  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of commerce and insurance. See Tennessee Code 56-1-102
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Department: means the department of commerce and insurance. See Tennessee Code 56-1-102
  • Issuer: includes insurance companies, fraternal benefit societies, health care service plans, health maintenance organizations, and any other entity delivering or issuing for delivery in this state medicare supplement policies or certificates. See Tennessee Code 56-7-1501
  • Medicare: means the Health Insurance for the Aged Act, Title XVIII of the Social Security Amendments of 1965. See Tennessee Code 56-7-1501
  • Medicare supplement policy: means a group or individual policy of accident and sickness insurance or a subscriber contract of hospital and medical service associations or health maintenance organizations other than a policy issued pursuant to a contract under §. See Tennessee Code 56-7-1501
  • Person: means any association, aggregate of individuals, business, company, corporation, individual, joint-stock company, Lloyds-type organization, organization, partnership, receiver, reciprocal or interinsurance exchange, trustee or society. See Tennessee Code 56-16-102
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Subscriber: means a person obligated under a reciprocal insurance agreement. See Tennessee Code 56-16-102
  • written: includes printing, typewriting, engraving, lithography, and any other mode of representing words and letters. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105